How To Get The Police Report After a Wreck
In this video, attorney Theodore Spaulding explains the steps needed to obtain the police report after a motor vehicle accident in Georgia.
How to obtain a police report after a car accident? Hi, I’m Ted Spaulding. I’m an Atlanta personal injury trial lawyer, I’m the founder here at Spaulding Injury Law: Atlanta Personal Injury & Car Accident Lawyer. So, this is always the first step for us. When we take on a new case, we need to see the police report. So, we ask our clients, do you already have the police report? Often, they do. If they don’t, how do you get it? There are several ways to get it, but there are certainly easier ways to do it than others. If it’s a local police department or sheriff’s office very close to you, you can go down there and pick it up. Nowadays, it’s taking a good four to seven days for these to be ready. So, you would want to call beforehand, ensure it’s prepared, and then go down there to pick it up. Often, when you do it that way, it’s free. In many jurisdictions, you call their department, and they’ll email it to you. It’s free if you do it that way as well.
The most simplistic way, but it will cost you $11 is to go to buycrashreport.com. That is an internet system, you can type in Georgia and type in all of the information they need; they need a police report number; you should have gotten that from the investigating officer on his or her card, the date of the wreck, and your name. And it will pop up when it’s ready. If it doesn’t pop up, it means it’s not ready yet. Now, here’s the problem, that is even further delayed. So, when it’s ready at the police department or sheriff’s office, it may not go online for another three days. So, if you’re desperate and you need this very, very quickly it’s always better to call the department and see if they can email it to you, fax it to you, or do you need to come by and pick it up. Otherwise, use BuyCrash Report and you can pick it up for an $11 fee.
I hope this helps you get your police report. If have you any questions about this topic, shoot me an email, comment to this video. If you have a potential case that you would like to talk to me about, go to my website, spauldinginjurylaw.com. There’s contact form on there. Or give me a phone call, two phone numbers, 770-744-0890 or 470-695-9950. Thanks so much for watching this video.
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